A/HRC/22/60 designed, implemented and reviewed with the full and effective participation of minorities. The conditions allowing for such collaboration and mechanisms to facilitate consultation should be put in place. The diverse views within minority groups should also be taken fully into account in this process. Initiatives such as the creation of a minority youth caucus to promote young peoples’ participation at the Forum and other United Nations mechanisms are encouraged. 24. A United Nations voluntary fund for minorities should be created to enable minority representatives to participate in, assist and use the human rights mechanisms of the United Nations system. The fund should provide funding for projects, including those managed by minority groups that are aimed at promoting and protecting the rights of minorities and practical implementation of the Declaration. 25. The Forum on Minority Issues should be further strengthened to increase its potential to promote implementation of the Declaration. Financial support for the Forum should be broadened to include funding from all regional groups. Consideration should be given to adding time to the current format, including with a view to addressing creative, concrete and impactful ways to disseminate and further promote implementation of its recommendations. Engagement with regional intergovernmental bodies should be strengthened including by convening a regional meeting of the Forum each year in a different region on a rotating basis. IV. Recommendations A. National, regional and local governments 26. Governments have the primary responsibility for implementing the Declaration and other minority rights standards. States should explicitly recognize the diversity within their respective societies, with regards to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities. States should demonstrate their commitment to the promotion and protection of minority rights by ensuring that minority issues are consistently integrated into and reflected in legislation and governmental policies and practice. 27. The Declaration and other relevant international and regional minority rights standards should be incorporated into domestic law, providing a strong legal basis for the protection of minority rights. Stand-alone anti-discrimination legislation incorporating minority rights is recommended. 28. Governments should take all necessary measures to ensure the protection of minority communities, minority human rights defenders and representatives who may be at greater risk of violence. They should develop effective protection programmes where necessary, defined by law and including early-warning systems. 29. States that are in the process of reviewing or drafting new Constitutions should ensure that the drafting process is fully inclusive and includes the participation of minorities. States should include in their Constitutions the principles of minority rights equality and non-discrimination in conformity with international standards including the Declaration. 30. Governments should review and amend as appropriate any legislation, policy or practice that has a discriminatory or disproportionately negative effect on certain minority groups with a view to bring them into line with the Declaration. Such review processes should pay specific attention to anti-terrorism and other security legislation with a view to ensuring that they do not fall short of international human rights standards. 6